THE FOUR RAKSHASAS

At a certain village there are five Gamaralas; for those five there

are five wives. While the five persons are [there], five traders

came to the house. To those women say the five traders, "Go with

us." Having said, "Let us go," they went. Then when the five Gamaralas

came home, having seen that the five women were not [there] they went

to seek them.

When going, they went into the forest jungle (himale) in which are

four Rakshasas. The Rakshasas seized the men. Well then, the four

Rakshasas having shared four men ate them; one person remained over.

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